Sentence examples for Take a contingent from inspiring English sources

And so, as the sun set on Oct. 20, Stone ordered Chase Philbrick, an inexperienced captain of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry, to take a contingent of some 20 men across the Potomac from Maryland to the 100-foot-high bluffs near Leesburg, Va., and gather intelligence on the position and strength of rebel Col. Nathan G. "Shanks" Evans.

Unlike the Triple Helix or the New Economics of Science that advocates a certain type (integration or separation) of university industry relationship, we take a contingent or context-specific perspective on the relationship, having the context of developing countries in mind.

While Stukov takes a contingent of troops and reconstructs the psi disrupter on Braxis, DuGalle is unaware of his intentions and becomes convinced that he is a traitor.

The book has all the gritty anecdotes requisite of its genre and I would read them, nights I was alone: longing accounts of acid trips at Spahn's, Charlie's violent and portentous outbursts, "times when we'd take a little orgy contingent to Dennis Wilson's house just to blow the minds of his 'hip' guests".

The Europeans took a strong contingent to Churchill Downs — a must if this is truly going to be a global championship — and they left here with ample loot.

The Aranui is that romantic breed of working ship that takes a small contingent of passengers in almost-cruise-ship style.

"Team GB hasn't taken a bigger contingent of skiers and snowboarders to an Olympic Winter Games for over two decades - since 1992 - so it is great to now have 19 of them heading out to Sochi with us shortly," said Team GB Chef de Mission Mike Hay.

Second, in both ex-ante and ex-post regulatory regimes, optimal care-contingent sanctions take a familiar "negligence" form, completely exempting non-negligent firms from liability.